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Sunday, January 8, 2017

Soul-Heart Magearna in Doubles is OP! + Fun Singles Anything Goes

Pokemon Showdown today was REALLY fun! Partly because I used this go big or go home Magearna doubles team. It definitely was more of a troll team than a competitive team really. Those that had good counters usually won but anyone who wasn't prepared got WRECKED

This Pokemon has such a useful ability if protected properly. For those who don't know, Magearna has "Soul-Heart" which, according to the Pokemon Database, "raises the bearer's Special Attack one stage when a teammate faints. The general strategy is to use protect on Magearna first turn and try and rack up some SpA buffs before spamming Dazzling Gleam. Once it works, you can't help but get all giddy.
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Here's the team if you're interested. It's lackluster because I got lazy towards the end of team-building but feel free to modify your team however you want:Magearna @ Leftovers Ability: Soul-Heart EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD Quiet Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Dazzling Gleam - Protect Gigalith @ Choice Band Ability: Sturdy EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Explosion Voltorb @ Choice Scarf Ability: Soundproof EVs: 252 HP / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Explosion Solosis @ Focus Sash Ability: Overcoat EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 Spe Calm Nature - Explosion Kartana @ Choice Scarf Ability: Beast Boost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Smart Strike - Leaf Blade - Sacred Sword - Psycho Cut Exeggutor-Alola @ Chesto Berry Ability: Frisk EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Curse - Rest - Dragon Hammer - Bullet Seed My apologies for the lack of full battles, as you can see a lot of people forfeited because of how trolly my team was.Of course I did do some semi-competitive battling. Keep in mind I'm not really the super competitive player, I like to use Pokemon that I like and add my own twist to some things.Again, some people did end up forfeiting, as always (Beware, some salt is coming through):
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your browser does not support IFRAMEs I also got my butt handed to me on some occasions. I always try to accept defeat like a man.
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In this particular game, I felt as if my opponent would continue to stall his win so I just gave him a gg and forfeited.
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I managed to get a 6-0 with Alolan Muk so I was pretty happy:
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This was definitely the highlight of the game. It was a close battle and a mistake eventually caught me on the losing end. Although it seemed hopeless, I managed to make a comeback with choice-scarfed Kartana. I was on the verge of winning when this salty player decides to timer-stall!
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